Amos 8:2

Amos 8:2

Vision of the Summer Fruit

1 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.

2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me:
^a“The end has come upon My people Israel;
^bI will not pass by them anymore.

3 And ^athe songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
^bThey shall be thrown out in silence.”

4 Hear this, you who¹ swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may¹ sell grain?
And ^athe Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
^bMaking the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by ^cdeceit,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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A basket of summer fruit - kelub kayits , the end is come - ba hakkets : here is a paronomasia or play upon the words kayits , summer fruit, and kets , the end, both coming from similar roots. See the note on Ezekiel 7:2 (note), where there is a similar play on the same word.

I will not again pass by them any more - I will be no longer their Guardian.

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